Juggernaut Design

Could you post a pic about the work? Thank ~

Creepy! I guess it kind of makes sense. (If it's deliberate) the delivery system reflects the very parasitic nature of the organism it carries. Very cool. I will try and find some pics.

@Feebs - I may not be able to find the photo again. It was from a photo montage on MSN. The most similar picture was of a microscopic parasitic worm. Caenorhadhditis's icon is similar, and she may even know of the worm, too?

@Cerulean Blue - awww, I really wanted to see.... But it might be true there are many things that resemble the design like in this thread [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/10119]Alien Queen design inspired by a Crustacean[/url] . It's awesome!

I found the picture, but do not know how to paste it here?

@Cerulean Blue; Send the picture's link to me via PM and I will post it for you. :) @Feebs; Haha! My post! Yeah the Alien Queen design was supposedly inspired by a crustacian.

Its probably from that design of life that caenorhabhditis with all vertabrate life in its early stages. I have seen people that dont believe in evolution and we have proof of it in science and yet they still cant take it because it frightens them.

[img]http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Fiona_Willis/manuema-kithara-diagram_54812_1.jpg[/img] is it maybe this wee guy [i]manuema kithara[/i]

c.elegans is a genetically tractable model its very important to the study of genetics i noticed this and the use of worms in the movie i dont think its an accident also there are the spiritual connotations to "the worm" so an angle for everyone clever ol' Sir Ridders!!!! ;)

then again as you can see much of life [i]curves[/i] out from a point of origin [img]http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b628/Fiona_Willis/embryogenesis.jpg[/img]

Beautiful thread , Cerulean Blue.

That's very interesting! Ridley researches EVERYTHING, so most likely deliberate. Nice worm pics guys!!

I just want to know, who was in that ufo in the opening scene?

"I just want to know, who was in that ufo in the opening scene?" twas the old fart engineers who landed underpants model engineer with the hottest coffee in the galaxy then went off home after after a bit of alien hippie haiku reading

lol

I love hippie haiku!

"Brother-son-kindred, Listen! your body let it become earth, your blood water. And may your soul become their way back to us" "oh and this is gonna rip through your every cell like no-bodys business... bye!"

he looked at his hand like 'oh crap my fingers are away', which is impressive considering his brains were starting to dust about!

When one's brains are turning to dust, those hippie haiku poems just seem to lose their initial significance! HA!

hmmh yeah all serene and spiritual till bits started falling off... there was no meditating around that, he looked a little shocked like he hadnt been properly warned what he was letting himself in for.....

@Cerulean, great find! What's the name of the that little critter you posted? I believe the Juggernaut's design was intentional.

I used to raise c. elegans when I was working in the bio department at CSUS as an undergrad. I noticed caenorhabhditis' use of the moniker before. If you have watched interviews with H.R. Giger, he has a special distaste for worms. So its quite possible that he used it either consciously or unconsciously in his design of the derelict space craft in Alien which is the same craft that we saw in Prometheus. He probably has nightmares of them and has to take more opiuim to settle his nerves:)

Got to love that guy!

CSUS California State University, Sacramento I just had to check as I not was familiar with this University. Did you raise c. elegans like others use white rats for testing? I am trying to relate the Engineers testing of Goo to human investigations.

how did you find picking them up with the wire its a bugger! or did you just chunk out.... sounds funny that "chunking out"

Hey sorry for the delay. Just moved and got the cable to hook up a new internet line. At the time I was working as work study in the bio department at Sac State even though I was O chem. I just graduated last year from UC Riverside and am now a PhD in OChem. Regarding your question caenorhabhditis, I used a wire and managed to successfully raise the little buggers just fine. God its nice to be back on line!

cool!

feeling somewhat diminished by your PhDness now nostromo lol :(

Should we address you as Dr. nostromo001? That is cool with me..

Very good find, Cerulean Blue. People have been wondering where the design for the jockey ship came from since [i]Alien[/i]. Not saying you're right but it's certainly interesting. It can't be the model caenorhabhditis showed because it was only discovered in 2004 but it has millions of cousins. It's actually a nematode worm, which "are the most abundant multicellular animals on Earth, in fact it has been estimated that 4 out of every 5 animals are nematodes." The worm also does appear to be a motif in the movie and can have religious connotations.